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The Big List of Children's Book Writers Doing Virtual Author Activities

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This List of Children's Book Writers who are creating virtual experiences for children. As you continue to navigate in these unpredictable time, consider allowing these authors to help. It’s more important than ever that our children continue learning.  Consider adding at least one of these author’s websites to your daily reading routine. 

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It's no surprise that authors are incredibly good at bringing their own books to life. Whether through live or pre-recorded visits, read-aloud videos, or other virtual author activities, kids will connect with books like never before! Here are some of our favorite options to try.

Pre-Recorded Virtual Author Visits

Check out these videos of presentations authors have given at schools and libraries. There are authors here that will interest students at any age.

Arree Chung

Hear Chung talk about the process of creating his book Mixed: A Colorful Story. The allegory of one color who thinks it's better than the others is meaningful at any age.

Bao Phi

Bao Phi's lovely book A Different Pond showcases the relationship between a father and his son. As they fish for the food their family needs, the father tells his son about a pond from his own childhood in faraway Vietnam.

Jasmine Warga

Author of the Newbery Honor book Other Words for Home, Jasmine Warga gives an engaging talk about how she writes.

Jennifer L. Holm

From her Babymouse graphic novels to the Sunny series and beyond, Holm writes books that middle grade readers absolutely love.

J.H. Reynolds

Do your students love the thrills and chills of the MonsterStreet series? Then they'll love seeing its author answer kids' questions about reading and writing!

J.K. Rowling

Every kid will recognize the author of the beloved Harry Potter books! See her interview with the Harry Potter Reading Club in this video.

Kate Messner

Kate Messner writes fiction, nonfiction, novels, chapter books, and picture books, so there's a good chance most kids have read at least one of her books.

Katherine Applegate

Lots of kids read The One and Only Ivan in class, and Applegate has plenty of other popular and award-winning books as well. Hear her talk about her books (and even show off her adorable dog!).

Lois Lowry

Here's another name kids will recognize. Whether they love The Giver, the Gooney Bird series, or any of her other numerous works, they'll enjoy listening to her speak and answer audience questions.

Max Brallier

The Last Kids on Earth book series is now a Netflix series too! Listen to author Max Brallier talk about his writing process and give kids a writing challenge of their own.

Live Virtual Author Visits

Want to set up a virtual author visit live for your class or school? If you have a particular author in mind, visit their website (or their publisher's) to contact them and find out if they do virtual visits. Scholastic offers virtual author visits through their catalog, so that's a great place to start.

The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators has a terrific roundup of virtual author visits and writing workshops too. Here are some to consider.

Gutman has written all sorts of books for kids, and he's happy to do virtual school visits. Find his offerings and prices at his website.

Nonfiction children's author Kurtz loves to present his books to kids of all ages. His virtual offerings include readings, interviews, and concept-based workshops.

Long does both in-person and virtual author visits based on her popular books, like How I Became a Pirate. Visit her website to see her offerings and book a visit.

Biebow's colorful book about the inventor of Crayola crayons is a delight. She offers free virtual visits, plus interactive in-person workshops.

Known for Dahlia in Bloom, Koehler offers both virtual author visits and writing workshops. She does professional development workshops for teachers too.

Virtual Author Read-Alouds

When you hear authors read their own books, it gives you a whole new perspective on their works. That makes read-alouds some of our favorite virtual author activities.

Hale's YouTube channel includes a playlist called Storytime With Uncle Bruce. Hear him read about Clark the Shark and other hilarious characters.

Gutman has a whole collection of read-alouds on his Facebook page, like Miss Blake Is a Flake. Kids will love his wacky style!

Visit her YouTube channel to see the author read her book Where Are My Books? She's got a few other read-alouds too, along with drawing tips.

Fabien Cousteau is the grandson of famed sea explorer Jacques Cousteau. His book series explores his own experiences under the water, and you can watch his read-aloud on Facebook.

You'll feel inspired when you hear Byers read her heartfelt book I Am Enough.

Lin reads aloud from her picture books as well as chapters from her longer books on her YouTube channel.

Watch Knowles read the first chapter of her middle-grade novel Where the Heart Is, while giving students a fun writing exercise.

Hear Cook read a variety of books from her collection, like Wilma Jean the Worry Machine. Her YouTube channel also includes interviews, advice, and other fun virtual author activities.

Watch Messner read Fergus and Zeke and the 100th Day of School in this YouTube video.

This read-aloud of Fry Bread includes some of the author's thoughts on writing the book and the recipe he included at the end.

Listen to Henderson read the first chapter of her book The Magic in Changing Your Stars on YouTube.

The author regularly shares read-alouds of his books, like I Love You Like a Pig, on his Instagram page.

The author has added a collection of videos of herself reading from her picture books on Instagram. Titles include When We Are Kind and You Hold Me Up.

Hear readings from Shusterman's books on his YouTube channel, including excerpts and complete short stories.

The author created a Stay at Home: Story Time section on his website. Initially made during the 2020 COVID lockdown, these videos are still lots of fun to watch.

Visit Reynolds' Facebook page to see him read from some of his most popular books, like The Dot.

The award-winning author and illustrator reads from her book The Story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in this YouTube video.

The author reads his picture books on his YouTube channel, where he also has lots of drawing videos for inspiration.

Other Virtual Author Activities

So many wonderful authors and publishers have YouTube or Instagram channels! Join them as they teach you how to draw, offer writing tips, and lots more.

Kids will do more than just watch these videos. They'll write, draw, and create on their own, inspired by famous authors and illustrators.

Watch story time, Cressida Cowell's summer camp, author interviews, how-to-draw videos, and a whole lot more.

The prolific author has a robust website full of videos, activities, podcasts, and more virtual author activities to engage kids of a variety of ages.

The Lunch Lady author and illustrator has a series of videos showing kids how to draw some of their favorite characters. His YouTube channel also has cartooning tips, writing tips, pep talks, and shorts.

This YouTube channel is rich with content, including interviews, tour journals, how-to-draw tips, and so much more.

The Kennedy Center sponsored this series of videos with the beloved author of classics like Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

Author and illustrator of hits like Smile and Drama shares drawings, time-lapse videos, and more on her Instagram page.

Aspiring illustrators will enjoy this series, where any kid can learn to draw creatures of every kind.

These half-hour chats with well-known middle grade authors are the perfect length to share with your classes.

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The Big List of Virtual Author Activities

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Check out live and pre-recorded author visits, read-alouds, and other virtual author activities like drawing sessions to share with students.

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Being a parent is an awesome and rewarding task. With that in mind, we realize that you want your child to grow up to be a productive citizen in the world. In order for this to happen, your child must be prepared.  As parents, we are our children’s first TEACHER, what we teach them, expect of them, and hold them responsible has a huge impact on how they behave and their academic success.

I realize that this may seem like an impossible task, but the good news is that this padlet provides a starting point for you.

Keys to navigating this padlet:
Each color represents a specific area:
Black-Resources for Parents
Blue- Online Resources for all subjects
Orange-Writing Resources
Green-Mathematics Resources
Purple- Science/Social Studies Resources
Red-Reading and Grammar Resources

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Video Conferencing Etiquettee for students

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Video Conferencing Etiquettee for students

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Parents,

    Please review the following etiquette or “rules” for students to follow when their teachers schedule in-person video conferences/sessions with them using any platform. 

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Consejos para padres sobre matemáticas

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Link to Eureka Math Homework Help

Enlace a Homework Helper para matemáticas

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Have you looked at your child's homework and thought this look's nothing like how I learned math when I was in school. If so, the link below is just what you need.

Steps for use:
1. Click on the link below.
2. Choose your child's grade level.
3. Look in the bottom left-hand corner of your child's homework assignment. This will let you know which module and lesson to click on to help your child.
****Once you find the correct lesson, this website will walk you and your child through the steps needed to complete each night's homework assignment.

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Engage New York (ENY) Homework provides additional practice for math that is learned in class.

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Teaching Our Scholars to Read: Techniques You Can Use

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Teaching Our Scholars to Read: Techniques You Can Use

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Currently less than 30% of third graders are reading on grade level. One way that we can help our students is to help them learn the most common words used in the written language. These words have many titles—-sight words, high-frequency words, Dolch words, Frye words, I am going to begin calling them “Reading words”. Whatever you decide to call them, don’t forget to focus on them regardless to which grade you teach. If only 30% of third graders are reading on grade level, how can we as educators ot focus on teaching our students to read.  Remember in order to be avle to read to learn, our kids must learn to read.

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Now we do more repetition on the word, adding spelling to make a deeper cognitive impression. The arm-tapping motions stimulate the kinesthetic sense and provide tactile feedback.

Video: Technique Three: Arm Tapping

Be sure to hold the flash card at arm's length from your body, and at arm's length from the child. The flash card also needs to be held at the child's eye level. We want to make sure that the child is simultaneously focused on tapping out the word and looking at the written word on the card.

The first step of arm-tapping a word is to say the word while slapping your left shoulder with your right hand. Then, as you say each letter, you use two fingers (index and middle finger of right hand) to tap your left arm, gradually progressing down the arm from shoulder to wrist. Then say the word again while sweeping the two fingers along the left arm, from shoulder to wrist, a variation on the "underlining" motion of previous exercises. The child will copy your motions exactly, using their right hand to tap out the word on their left arm.

Here is a sample script for you to follow:

Adult: Let's arm-tap the word.
My turn. Ready? SAID. S-A-I-D. SAID.
Again: SAID. S-A-I-D. SAID.
Your turn. Ready?
Child: SAID. S-A-I-D. SAID.
Adult: Again.
Child: SAID. S-A-I-D. SAID.
Adult: One more time.
Child: SAID. S-A-I-D. SAID.
Adult: Good job!
Q: My child is left-handed, and she keeps using her left hand to tap out the word on her right arm. Is that OK? A: No, it is not! Except for the Air Writing and Table Writing exercises, left-handed students should do all of these lesson activities with the right hand. Particularly with the arm-tapping exercise, a child who does it with their left hand will be tapping out the letters backwards, going from right to left instead of from left to right. This can create unnecessary confusion in a child who is in the process of learning to read and write.
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Now we do more repetition on the word, adding spelling to make a deeper cognitive impression. The arm-tapping motions stimulate the kinesthetic sense and provide tactile feedback. Video: Technique Three: Arm Tapping Be sure to hold the flash card at arm's length from your body, and at arm's length from the child.

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Assistance Galore!! Websites for ALL skills

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Assistance Galore!! Websites for ALL skills

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If your child loves playing on their iPad, iPhone, Xbox, Playstation, or other electronic device, then flash games or playing games is the best method to use at home to help your child. The following website contains an ABC list of foundational skills in all content areas that will help your child practice the skills they are learning at home.

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Interactive Learning Sites for Education

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Interactive Learning Sites for Education

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Interactive learning Sites for the Classroom

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Phonemic Awareness & Phonological Awareness: The Foundation For Literacy | Sight Words: Teach Your Child to Read

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Phonemic Awareness & Phonological Awareness: The Foundation For Literacy | Sight Words: Teach Your Child to Read

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Sightwords.com is a FREE tool that can be used to by parents and teachers to ensure that every child learns to read fluently.

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Learn about phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, and phonemes and why they are so important for learning to read. More

Phonemic awareness is the ability to think about, analyze, and manipulate the sound structure of individual words. This pre-reading skill, also called phonological awareness, will make phonics that much easier for your child. It is the foundation of a child's reading ability - if a child can't hear the individual sounds in a word, he will always struggle to figure out the letters in that word. More
Phonemic awareness is the skill of hearing the difference between bat and mat and understanding that changing the /b/ sound in bat to an /mmm/ sound can create a different word.
↑ Top We at SightWords.com have created a comprehensive curriculum for phonemic awareness instruction. It is intended for parents to use with one child in the home as well as for preschool teachers to use in the classroom. The curriculum is divided into eleven sections, each containing about ten activities and games. All the activities are designed to be short and engaging. Just go through the curriculum in order, as later exercises will build upon the skills learned in earlier exercises. Refer to our Teaching Tips for suggestions on planning lessons and tailoring activities to your child. How long will this take? For typically developing four-year-olds, it takes about ten months, or one school year, to go through the entire Phonemic Awareness Curriculum. More↑ Top Phonemic awareness makes learning to read easier. A child with phonemic awareness can already blend sounds into words, and so she finds phonics more intuitive. When a child can separate words into sounds, spelling (breaking words into letters) becomes easier.
"Teach[ing] phonemic awareness...accelerates reading and writing growth of the entire classroom..."Ingvar Lundberg, "Phonemic Awareness in Young Children"
A typical child entering elementary school with high phonemic awareness is almost certain to become a skilled and confident reader. A child with low phonemic awareness is likely to struggle with phonics and reading. ↑ Top
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Phonemic Awareness & Phonological Awareness: The Foundation For Literacy | Sight Words: Teach Your Child to Read

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Learn about phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, and phonemes and why they are so important for learning to read. More Phonemic awareness is the ability to think about, analyze, and manipulate the sound structure of individual words. This pre-reading skill, also called phonological awareness, will make phonics that much easier for your child.

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As you continue to study the Eureka Math curriculum this school year and teach it to your students. We hope that you find these resources helpful. In the attached document, you will find links to tutorials for each lesson that you will teach this year in Math. You will also find a link to resources that you could give to parents so that they can help their children at home.  Click on the link below and go to "create a free account". After you create your account, I suggest adding these materials to your cart: "Eureka Math Print Materials" and the Parent Tip sheets" so that you can download and print them.

Resources can be found at the following links:
Eureka Math PowerPoints and
Teaching Resources:
https://sites.google.com/a/lpssonline.com/lpssmath/

Eureka Math/Engage NY Resources:
http://campbellusdmath.weebly.com/curriculum.html

Link to FREE Eureka Math resources on GreatMinds: